Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03cd4e76aba3364b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-21 05:56:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 347885f408bce7a60a6e5cebd5b6b0c1 SHA-1: e0a8e099f707a1b5731a60b8554099f737469c0c SHA-256: 03cd4e76aba3364b395785fbe1417d7758bec2405e39101637117b630fb671b6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating the document is part of a link farm designed to distribute malware or phish users. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/921b26741b5d13c3b4572568186e65a9/duberiserefoparof.pdf
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775ce784d42---goromikesepejadugi.pdf
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c189150bd---duzisiwezexepewetuxiwoz.pdf
    • http://pahsclassof2005.com/clients/d/d6/d61c4c031b0f3af13d3e88110ef3a3e1/File/43504330766.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b399a5a5f20---62602793485.pdf
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4e7c2f6f1---47832001242.pdf
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e5b7bf28c---matowuvijoroj.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d5b8a7314---5513855310.pdf
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e855c7ec987ce00537a08d724794bada/12626408.pdf
    • http://oilandgaswork.com/userfiles/file/33008128099.pdf
    • http://fotossc.pl/_files/file/ruwifiwunuwenofemarobinuk.pdf
    • https://waroproject.com/file/nufajukofeleganudit.pdf
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/tidisawomipomajurebuta.pdf
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/098e2aea780a18fca47f2bf2833761ad/lalisojusefonesuxi.pdf
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1c3168d3c4402559bb07c6d5faffe3c/jurijuvajogev.pdf
    • https://csodamalom.hu/files/files/goradojalev.pdf
    • https://sca-kc.net/scauserfiles/files/zedetutobalurenefana.pdf
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dk0ocrnqk9rd5imqkmah0nofrm/17204270076.pdf
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/bubukijupexefomogatime.pdf
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/97516700947.pdf
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1m1kl668suheojj14u85aum2gu/51855401799.pdf
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af54cea1fef---46953103274.pdf
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec12e8a8b5547646a92116b82205ce18/wigexuredofojawat.pdf
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cacbec430e---83601320525.pdf
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0k2ff1o43r06ep5ag0gmd5t41q/73590322072.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=oxford+english+for+careers+nursing+1+audio+free+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0f9.bin
80a024c4b3002eedb8f13108e68e848505cbdfbcc2a31c6d51cb0ab131b79066
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0F9 11024 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a67.bin
56571c24aad400d484f4f277b90998cb80d59a9f02e82a4be0d60f98d284401d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A67 23472 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000144ca.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144CA 16792 bytes